A foundation transfers the load of a structure to the earth and resists loads. imposed by the earth. A foundation in residential construction may consist of a footing, wall, slab, pier, pile, or a combination of these elements. This course will addresses the. following foundation types:
Gamification of Marketing. An increasing number of businesses are discovering that gamification can be applied to help solve their marketing problems. Gartner found that over 70% of the Forbes Global 200 saying they planned to use gamification for marketing purposes by the end of 2014.amification can be leveraged to drive adoption, engagement, loyalty, sharing, and sales.[1] With gamification, customers establish an emotional connection with the brand and it leads to better brand loyalty.
Gamification in a narrow sense is used in a non-game context, is built into the service system, and is aiming at an infinite experience. It does not aim at creating a game but offering a gameful experience.In a broader sense gamification also includes game context such as in serious games and finite and infinite games.n addition to companies that use the technique, a number of businesses created gamification platforms. In October 2007, Bunchball, backed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, was the first company to provide game mechanics as a service, on Dunder Mifflin Infinity, the community site for the NBC TV show The Office.